Case Study Patrick Bailey's Nipples Post Mortem

In my opinion, there are could be several reasons as to why Patrick Bailey cut off Rosenbaum’s nipples post mortem. One reason is that Patrick might have wanted to hide the fact that he accidentally killed Rosenbaum due to possible sexual asphyxia or autoerotic asphyxia with the belt. A second reason could be that he became aroused after the incident and this may represent the beginning of a signature behavior for him. Third, Patrick may have become mentally deranged as investigators mentioned during the incident.
Since there was no other indication that Patrick Bailey had committed an act of this magnitude before, I would say that this particular case can be an example of signature behavior. As Turvey states, signature behaviors are committed